Rack.



No. 844,067, PATENTBD FEB. 12, 1907.

' l. B. WEBB.

RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1906.

TED STATES rAfrnNfr orrion.

RACK.

Be it known that I, IKE BARRON WEBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zwolle, in the parish of Sabine and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvemeins in Racks, of which the following is a speciticaion.

The invention relates to an improvement in racks, and particularly a rack designed to support plain order-sheets in a manner to pern'iit the convenient insertion and removal of such sheets.

The main object of the invention is the provision of ,a train-order manifold article designed to be secured to a table or other suitable support and comprising a main frame and a series of sheet-holding members arranged in pairs and constructed to exert a spring-pressure upon the sheets, whereby the train orders may be divided as desired and said orders' readily inserted in and withdrawn from the rack.

The invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had narticularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of a rack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. l

Referring particularly to the drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, my improved rack comprises a main frame 1, including standards 2, 3, 4, and 5. These standards are arranged, in conjunction with the holding members to be described, so as to provide a frame of rectangular outline, one of each pair of standards at the respective ends of the frame, as 3 and 4, being at its upper end projected laterally to provide a cross-bar 5, which is terminally connected to the upper end of the opposing standards 2 and 5. The lower ends of each of the standards are bent laterally to provide feet 6, which feet are terminally formed to permit connection to the supporting-surface, as a table or the like, such terminal formation being preferably in the form of an eye 7 to permit the insertion of a screw or other securing means. The longitudinally alined standards of the rack, as 2 and 4 and 3 and 5, are connected by a series of holding members S, arranged in coperating pairs. Each pair of holding members connecting one of the longitudinally-alined standards is arranged Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7, 1906- Sel'ial No. 34:2423.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907. i

directly opposite a similar pair of holding members connecting the remaining pair of longitudinally-alined standards, thereby providing a skeleton rack to receive the plain order-sheets, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The holding members of each pair comprise duplicate lengths of material 9 and 10, the former constituting the upper member of the pair and the latter the lower. The upper member 9 is terminally secured at 11 about one of the standards, as 2, being projected therefrom for a short distance at a downward and inward incline relative to the center of the main frame, as at 12. From the section 12 the member 9 is projected to provide a bar 13, extending longitudinally of the main frame and within the plane of the latter, the end of the bar 13 being connected through the medium of a laterallyprojecting portion 14, longitudinally alined with the standard 2, as 4. The length of the portion 14 of the member is identical of course in inclination with that of the portion 12. The lower member 10 is identically constructed with that of the upper member, the sections 15 thereof being, however, inclined upwardly and inwardlyfrom the standard 2. The longitudinally-arranged bar 16 of the member 10 will therefore directly underlie the longitudinal bar 13 of the member 9, thus providing a pair of bars extending in main frame, which bars are supported upon the standards of the main frame by oppositely-inclined portions. By virtue of an opposite inclination the bars 13 and 16 of a pair of holding members are yieldingly connected with the standards to insure a proper gripping of the material supported between them.

The standards 2 and 4 are provided throughout their length with a series of holding members arranged in pairs, as described, the opposing standards 3 and 5,being similarly provided with the bars of one pair of holding members of one set of standards being directly opposite the similar bars of a pair of holding members connecting the opposing standards.

The use of the rack is obvious, it being understood that the train-order blanks or sheets are inserted in place with their edges gripped between the bars of two pairs of transverselyalined holding members, the resiliency of the respective pairs of holding members permitting a yielding of the longitudinal bars therespaced parallel relation longitudinally of they IOO of to insure a proper gripping of the material of the sheets when inserted therein. The train-order sheets are, therefore, supported within the rack in a manner to permit their convenient removal, the sheets ofdistinctive character being maintained in separated relation through the use of different sets of holding members. The device as a whole is designed to be secured to a table or other support within convenient reach of the operatorl and provides an effective rack inwhich trainorder sheets or manifold sheets may be readily inserted or withdrawn and such sheets maintained in any desired order. The structure is preferably of wire to provide a light frame, though it is obvious that the invention contemplates the use of other material when desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A rack comprising a main frame and holding members secured in transverselyalined pairs, said members lying wholly within the plane of the mainframe.

2. A rack comprising end standards arranged in pairs, and holding members connecting the longitudinally-alined standards of each pair, said holding members being arranged in pairs and each comprising a bar extending longitudinally of the main frame and sections connecting the end of the bar with the respective standards.

3. A rack comprising end standards arranged in pairs, and holding members connecting the longitudinally-alin'ed standards of each pair, said holding members being arranged in pairs and each comprising a bar extending longitudinally of the main frame and sections connecting the end of the bar with the respective standards, said sections being inclined downwardly and inwardly with relation to the adjacent standard.

4. A rack comprising end standards ar- 1 ranged in pairs, and holding members connecting the longitudinally-alined standards of eachpair, said holding members being arrangedin pairs and each comprising a bar extending longitudinally of the main frame and sections connecting the end of the bar with the respective standards, said sections being inclined downwardly and inwardly with relation to the adjacent standard, the connecting sections of one member being reversely inclined with respect to the similar section of the. coperating member.

5. A rack comprising end standards laterally bent at their lower ends to provide feet, cross-bars uniting the standards in pairs, and holding members uniting the standards at right angles to the cross-bars, said holding members being arranged in pairs and including bars, and end sections connecting the terminals of the bars with the standards, said end sections being inclined in two directions from the adjacent standard.

6. A rack comprising end standards laterally bent at their lower ends to provide feet, cross-bars uniting the standards in pairs, holding members uniting the standards at right angles to the cross-bars, said holding members being arranged in pairs and including bars, and end sections connecting the terminals of the bars -with the standards, said end sections being inclined in two directions from the adjacent standard, the end sections of the bar of one holding member inclining in one direction reverse from the inclination of the end sections of the holding bar of the cooperating member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IKE BARRON VEBB.

Witnesses:

D. W. HOOKER, W. F. ALLEN. 

